Car-door hanger



April 1', 1931. P. H. WELTER CAR DOOR HANGER Filed 001;. 23. 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 zlygy INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

April 21, 1931- P. H. WELTER CAR DOOR HANGER Filed Oct. 25. 1929 s Sheets-Sheet s erg )fi liez' INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 21, 1931 i r PETER H. WELTER, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS can-noon HANGER Application filed October 23, 1929. Serial No. 401,768.

The object of this invention is to provide A main structure includes a platform 10, a device whereby one man. may readily and and a drop axle 11, with reference to which safely hang a ear door, thereby doing the the platform is slidable, the bar 12 being work of a number of men heretofore reapertured at 13 and extending across the quired for carrying out the same operation platform and engaging at said point 13 the by hand,there always being the possibility deflected portions of the axle. The move of injury to one or more of the individuals ment of the platform longitudinally of the engaged owing to the danger of the door axle, will be apparent from an inspection falling before being properly rung. of Figure 2, considered inconnection with if) A further object is to provide a device Figures 3 and e. The ground wheels are 50 adapted for hanging car doors and for other designated 15 and 16 and the structure similar purposes, which shall include a which is sometimes termed a cart, is concradle or hoisting device receiving the door, trolled by means of a handle or bail moma relatively stationary structure and means ber 18 mounted as shown in Figures 1 and for supporting that structure with reference 2 and supported in part by brace or braces 65 to a pair of ground wheels and an axle, 19. (Boxes 20 receive the axle.) whereby the correct position may be secured A plurality of vertically extending eleafter the operator has first brought the craments such as 21 and elements 22 spaced dle mounting and lifting means, that is the therefrom and adapted to cooperate in the main structure, to the approximate position formation of vertical guides are designed to required for effecting the hanging of the receive and permit of the vertical movement door. of the cradle or carrier which will place the A further object is to provide lifting door in the position desired. In Figure '1 means adapted to automatically retain the upper corner members or plates are desigelevation which has been secured, thru the nated'2 l and 25 and lowercorner plates are use of worm gearing, and other lifting and shown at 26 and 27, all of these corner elelowering means adapted for use when dements being mounted in a fixed position and ir d, 1 properly secured as illustrated, and being With the foregoing and other objects in connected by diagonal braces such as 28 and view, the invention consists in the novel 29. The braces in turn may be secured to- 80 construction and arrangement of elements gether at the point 30. disclosed, it being understood that modili- The door cradle, or carrier includes the cations may be made within the scope of the upper horizontal member 32, the lower horiclaims without departing from the spirit of zontal member 33, and the vertical memthe invention. bers 34 and 35 with which said horizontal 35 In the drawings forming. part of this apmembers are connected. The trough-like plicat1on: element 35 receives the lower edge portion Figure 1 is a view of the device in vertical of the door and is secured to the cradle, and longltudlnal section, the section being on the upper edge of the door 37 is retained by line 11 of Figure 2, and showing many of means of a clip or pivoted bracket 38, the 90 the elements in elevation. pivotal member being oes1gnated 82, and Figure 2 IS a top plan view. the device being controlled by means of Figure 3 is a section on line 3,3 of Fig chain 40 adapted to be secured within the ure 1. notched upper end portion of the bracket Figure lis a view showing a fragmentary 42 mounted on the base 10 of the main portion of a car, and showing in vertical structure.

transverse section the apparatus designed A hoisting cable 45 is connected at one to receive and place the car door in position end, considered as the dead end, at the point with reference to the track on which it is to designated 46 on the relatively stationary be hung. structure. This cable passes around lower pulley a7, thence around another lower pulley 48, and around upper pulley 49. Pulleys 4:7 and 48 are mounted on the cradle or carrier and pulley 49 is mounted on the stationary structure.

The hoisting device includes a shaft 50, carrying a hand wheel 51 and mounting a worm 52 meshing with worm wheel 53 on shaft 54015 the drum or Windlass 55. This provides a form of cable winding device by means of which the cradle or carrier may be elevated and caused to maintain an adjusted position.

If desired, the winding device shown at the right of Figure 2 may be employed, and the cable not only passes around drum 55, but around drum 56 on shaft 5'7, the latter carrying a hand wheel 58. This drum 56 has associated therewith a conventional pawl and ratchet mechanism, shown at 59 and 60, the element 60 being the ratchet wheel.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. A car door hanger comprising a portable platform, a supporting structure on the platform, a frame slidable in the supporting structure, a door supporting member on said frame to engage the lower edge of a car door and permit the door to be tilted relative to the frame, pivoted manually controlled means to engage the upper edge of the door and carried by the frame and cooperating with the door supporting member in holding the door against relative movement with respect to the frame and when actuated frees the door for tilting movement on the supporting member for permitting the door to be positioned for an engagement with the door supporting means of a car, and means to raise and lower the frame.

2. A car door holder comprising a portable plat-form, pairs of vertical side members carried by the platform, side members slidable in the pairs of vertical guide menr bers, a channel door supporting member connecting the side members and engaging under the door edge of a car door, a rod j ournaled to the side members, a clip secured to the rod and engaging over the upper edge of the car door, a manually operating means connected to the clip to disengage the latter from the door to permit tilting of the door on the door supporting member, and means to raise and lower the side members.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PETER H. WELTER. 

